FORD CALUMET ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER

A competition entry for the Ford Calumet Environmental Center to be located on a brownfield site near the Calumet River on Chicago's south side, the project draws inspiration from the industrial and manufacturing history of its surroundings, particularly the steel oil storage tanks that populate the area.

Typology

Institutional

size

28,000 SF

Location

130th and Torrence, Chicago, Illinois 606

status

Unbuilt

date

2006

Team

Architect

Wilkinson Blender Architecture

Client

City of Chicago Department of Environment, Public Building Commision of Chicago